Pipes at One: Sarah Simko
The award-winning concert organist visits St. Paul’s Chapel
Hear the talents of Sarah Simko, associate organist at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Detroit and winner of first prize in the Schoenstein Competition in the Art of Organ Accompaniment. She received a Graduate Award from the Presser Foundation to create a comprehensive set of recordings of organ music by living American female composers. During her time as a doctoral student at the University of Michigan, Simko worked with the Department of Mathematics to explore how the brain processes music, through detailed study of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Six Sonatas.
About the Event:
Hear the talents of Sarah Simko, associate organist at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul in Detroit and winner of first prize in the Schoenstein Competition in the Art of Organ Accompaniment. She received a Graduate Award from the Presser Foundation to create a comprehensive set of recordings of organ music by living American female composers. During her time as a doctoral student at the University of Michigan, Simko worked with the Department of Mathematics to explore how the brain processes music, through detailed study of Johann Sebastian Bach’s Six Sonatas.